Does she work ________?

    A. in hospital  B. in a hospital   C. on hospital  D. on a hospital

　　Mr. Smith works in a post office. He's strict in his work and gets on well with his workmates. So he has a lot of friends. But his wife whose father is the head of the post office never does any housework. She makes her husband give all his wages(工资) to her and spends much money on the beautiful clothes and delicious foods. The poor man has to save everything. He always wears the old clothes and eats the leftovers(残汤剩饭). He's getting thinner but his wife is getting fatter. Now the woman is so fat that she can hardly walk but she wouldn't stop eating the foods full of fat and sugar.

　　Last week the fat woman felt something was wrong with her heart. She was sent to the hospital at once. The doctors looked her over carefully and they found they couldn't save her. The woman was very sad and she didn't know what to do. At last she told her husband to bring all her new clothes to the ward(病房) and began to cut them with a knife.

　　“What's the matter, madam?”asked a doctor.

　　“I can't leave all my clothes to his future!”said the woman.

　　“Don't worry, dear!”said Mr. Smith.“I won't be able to marry(娶) such a fat wife like you!”

1．Mr. Smith has to save everything because ________.

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A．he buys many clothes for his wife

B．he buys lots of foods for his wife

C．his wife takes all his money away

D．he loves his wife very much

2．The woman is getting fatter because ________.

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A．she always eats the foods full of fat and sugar

B．she spends much money on her beautiful clothes

C．something is wrong with her heart

D．she doesn't do any housework

3．The meaning of the word“future”in the story means ________.

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4．The woman cut the clothes because ________.

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A．she didn't like them

B．they were all cheap

C．she wanted to buy some modern ones

D．she was afraid his future could wear them

5．Mr. Smith's last words mean ________.

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A．he had a thin wife

B．he wasn't afraid of her

C．her clothes were only fit(适合的) for herself

D．he did his best to comfort(安慰) his wife

Tao Lihua, 14, is a middle school student in Shenzhen．She plays Erhu on the street after school to help her family．Many years ago, her father lost his arms in an accident, and her stepmother （继母） is now ill in hospital．

The father makes money by selling radios and drawing pictures by mouth with a brush．But they have no money for the mother's illness．

Every week, Tao plays Erhu in Lianhua Hill Park in Futian District in her school uniform．Early in 2006, CCTV reported the girl's story and more and more people began to know her．But the father refused the help from many people, and the daughter still went out to play Erhu on the street．

“I like Erhu and my dream is to be a musician．I'm going to study hard at a university for that．My father always tells mc to make a living through hard work and not to rely on （依靠） other people, “Tao said．

46．How does Tao Lihua help her family?

A．By doing chores． 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．By selling radios．

C．By drawing pictures． 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．By playing Erhu．

47．Why does the father draw pictures by his mouth?

　 A．Because he is good at doing that．

　 B．Because he has no hands．

　 C．Because people like watching him do so．

　 D．Because there is something wrong with his arms．

48．What does the underlined phrase “make a living” mean in Chinese?

　　 A．保持纪录 　　　　　 B．创建处所 　　　　　　 C．谋生 　　　　　　　　　　 D．创造生机

49．When did Tao Lihua become well-known?

　　 A．After CCTV reported her story．　

B．After she first played Erhu in a park．

　 C．After she became a musician．　　

D．After her father refused people's help．

50．Which is NOT true according to the passage?

　 A．Tao's family couldn't afford（承担得起）her stepmother's illness．

　 B．Many people wanted to help Tao Lihua and her family．

　 C．Tao Lihua doesn't go to school now because she has to make money．

　 D．Tao Lihua wants to take Erhu lessons at a university in the future．

Mrs. King is an American doctor. She is now in China. She works in a children’s hospital（儿童医院）in Beijing. She is also learning Chinese medicine (中医) there. She likes Chinese medicine very much. She loves working for children. She works hard in the day and reads English books on (关于) Chinese medicine at night. She learns Chinese from the Chinese doctors and her Chinese friends. Now she can speak some Chinese. She can read some Chinese books, too.
Her husband Mr. King is a teacher. He teaches English in a junior high school in Beijing. He works hard, too. He works from Monday to Friday. He teaches three classes every day. Sometimes, on Saturdays and Sundays, he teaches other English classes. He wants to make more money (挣更多钱).
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【小题1】Mrs. King works in a _____.